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COURTESY OF RIVERFRONT JAZZ FESTIVAL The Riverfront Jazz Festival, billed as Central Wisconsin's largest jazz festival, returns Sept. 3-4at Pfiffner Pioneer Park in Stevens Point. STEVENS POINT he Riverfront Jazz Festival, billed as Central Wisconsin's largest jazz festival, returns Labor Day weekend at Pfiffner Pioneer Park, 1100 Crosby Ave. On Sept. 3, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Jazz Faculty will ick things off at 3 p.m.

ollowed by Patty and the uttons, who will be play- i ng traditional tunes influ- nced by New Orleans, arly Blues and Vaude- ille at 5 p.m. Finally, Sara Gazarek from Los Angeles will be performing with her quartet starting at 7 p.m. On Sept. 4, The Joe Policastro Trio will start the evening at 3 p.m. featuring UW-Stevens Point alum Mikel Avery on rums.

The Chicago roup is focused on bring- i ng all genres of pop mu- ic into jazz. Also from hicago, trumpet player reg Duncan will be howcasing his Spanish influenced Flamenco Project at 5 p.m. Headlining the festival is legendary Benny Golson, who will play with his quartet at 7 p.m. Golson. Started in 2004, the Riverfront Jazz Festival romotes local jazz music ians and nationally re- owned acts, a family- riendly atmosphere and aises funds for the UW- tevens Point Jazz Music rogram.

The event is free to attend, with a variety of food from local vendors available for purchase. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs. For more on the Riverfront Jazz Festival, please visit www.riverfrontjazz estival.orgor find them Facebook. Riverfront Jazz Festival returns for Labor Day FOR USA TODA NETWORK-WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT JOURNAL PAGE 5A WI-5002032779 Friday DOOR COUNTY CHERRIES Westland and TRICOR have merged. Our name has changed, however the same professional advisors are at your service.

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efforts to curb poverty have failed, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Thursday. Johnson, a Republican locked in a tight race with Democratic challenger Russ Feingold, appeared at a downtown Milwaukee luncheon as argest city grapples with the aftermath of two nights of unrest this past weekend. The violence began Saturday after an officer shot a nd killed 23-year-old Sylv ille Smith during a foot hase on the impoverished, predominantly black northwest side.

Police Chief Ed Flynn said the officer fired after mith turned toward him ith a gun in his hand. The ilwaukee Journal Sentinel has identified Dominique Heaggan as the black officer who shot Smith. iolence broke out hours after the shooting, ith demonstrators burning six businesses, hurling rocks at police and firing gunshots. The next even ing saw protesters again throw rocks and other ob- ects at officers. More than 30 people were ar- ested and multiple officers were injured over the weekend.

Johnson said the shoot- i ng sparked anger among inner city residents who ave grown tired of living in poverty for decades. That shows costly government programs to help lift poor people have failed, trapping people in a cycle of poverty, dependency and and making them dependent on government, he said. (The riots have been) iterally decades in the Johnson said. the fact that well-intentioned programs work. The war on poverty work.

We alleviate poverty. exacerbated He condemned the violence, saying it could deter businesses from mov- i ng into Milwaukee. Johnson said people should support police officers, who are forced to deal with a nd The solution lies in aith-based community rograms that connect eople with jobs one person at a time, he said, pointing to Project Joseph, a program his aides helped develop that trans- orts Milwaukee resi- ents to jobs in Sheboygan ounty. appearance came two days after Republican presidential ominee Donald Trump accused Democrats of ex- a cerbating crime and failing blacks during a visit to West Bend, a predominantly Republican city est of Milwaukee. Johnson, who attend a rump appearance in Green Bay earlier this onth citing scheduling conflicts, address remarks in West Bend and went on to pivot etween a host of other issues.

ohnson said he agrees with Trump on the big things such as growing the economy and appointing upreme Court justices who will uphold gun ights. Feingold spokesman Michael Tyler said that remarks show in lockstep with rump and he wants only protect multimillionaires and billionaires. Asked whether he a greed with call or extreme vetting of im- igrants, Johnson said he want a blanket ban on anyone. However, immigrants should be fully vetted, and they should ledge loyalty to the U.S. onstitution to ensure hey try to impose Sharia law, he said.

He also decried what he called the educa- ion saying colleges need to embrace the i nternet as a way to deliver instruction to more students cheaply, reducing their costs and student ebt. He also said he prefers job certifications to iplomas. Johnson ousted Fein- old from the Senate in 2010. A Marquette University Law School poll released last week showed eingold ahead by 6 points among registered voters a nd 11points among likely voters. Johnson said Thursday that Feingold has accom- lished nothing during his tenure in Washington and lasted him for not being aware of rampant prescription drug abuse at the Tomah VA Medical Cent er.

The issue has been a ot one in their race, with ach candidate accusing the other of not doing enough to stop the abuses. Johnson: Milwaukee unrest shows war on poverty has failed TODD RICHMOND ASSOCIATED PRESS JEFFREY Police prepare to close a park in Milwaukee, Monday. Sen. Ron Johnson, who is running for re-election, blamed the unrest on the failure of government anti-poverty programs. war on poverty work.

We alleviate poverty. exacerbated Johnson said. MADISON Voters in the liberal strongholds will be able to start arly voting a month before what would have een allowed under a law that was recently struck down. Voters in Milwaukee a nd Madison may also be able to participate in arly voting at multiple sites a practice that been allowed in the past. That would give local officials a chance to set up voting stations on ollege campuses, rather than requiring people to ome to offices to cast ballots early.

The early voting plans could change, however, ecause an appeals court is now reviewing a feder- a decision that struck down a host of election laws. Madison will begin arly voting Sept. 26, the ity office an- ounced Thursday. The presidential election and other races will be decided Nov. 8.

Before the ruling, early voting was slated to begin around the state October 24, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. eil Albrecht, the executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, said that early voting chedule will likely be published next week and expects that the argest city will follow a timeline similar to Madis on. The law had been whittled down, so orking out the final de- ails but it will include ultiple voting sites and eekend Albrecht said. Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell said Madi son is also looking at allowing early voting in ultiple locations, with the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus being a priority. epublican Gov.

Scott Walker, who twice signed aws limiting early voting in recent years, said he as not focused on the early voting limits. He said he is more interested in making sure the courts phold the voter ID law. he early voting limits reasonable changes at the time, but those components the priority for Walker told reporters uring a visit to a Madison hospital. priority for us was making sure that voter ID was he head of one of the iberal groups that sued ver the election laws praised the decision of local officials to start early voting next month. a big result from our lawsuit: Governor Walker get to decide who said the statement from Scot Ross, the executive direct or of One Wisconsin Institute.

U.S. District Judge James Peterson invalidated parts of Wiscon- election laws last month, striking down limits on early voting and rohibitions on allowing people to vote early at ultiple sites. He found hose and other laws violated voting ights and that many of hem were put in place by epublicans to help their arty. Wisconsin experience demonstrates that apreoccupation with ostly phantom election fraud leads to real inci- ents of disenfranchisement, which undermine rather than enhance confidence in elections, part icularly in minority Peterson rote. Peterson later agreed temporarily suspend a part of his ruling requiring that the state reform how it deals with people ho have difficulty obtaining photo ID to vote.

ut he left the rest of the ruling intact, including the portions that struck down the limits on early oting. GOP Attorney General rad Schimel has appealed, asking the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to put the lection laws back in lace while it considers hether to ultimately uphold them. That court could weigh in any day on whether to keep the ruling in place for the November election. The same court is also dealing with separate litigation over the oter ID law. U.S.

District Judge Lynn Adelman in Milwaukee last month ruled that people who had difficulty etting IDs could sign statements at the polls that would allow them to ote. A panel of the appeals court blocked that uling for now, signaling i was likely to reverse Adelman. MICHAEL SEARS, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL Asteady stream of Milwaukee residents voted early in October 2014 at the Zeidler Municipal Building in Milwaukee. Early voting to start in September CATIE EDMONDSON AND PATRICK MARLEY MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL Search.